Re: Cork oak in the lawn

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• To: n*@ucsd.edu
• Subject: Re: Cork oak in the lawn
• From: J* &* B* E* <e*@town.nd.edu.au>
• Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 10:03:45 +0800
• References: <v02130506b12130b6d646@[137.110.17.2]>

Nan Sterman wrote:
> 
> CAn anyone tell me the pros/cons of planting a young cork oak (quercus
> suber) in the middle of a lawn?  I was at a park tonight where there were
> cork oaks growing in a lawn and it looks just fine (and old.)  I have a
> young nursery-grown tree ready to be planted and a hole in the middle of my
> lawn where an apple tree croaked.  Can I combine the two?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Nan
> 
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> Nan Sterman, Master Composter in Residency
> Olivenhain, California
> Sunset Zone 24, USDA Zone 10b or 11
> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
> So goes an old chinese proverb:
>          If you want to be happy for a few hours, get drunk;
>          If you want to be happy for a week-end get married;
>          If you want to be happy for a week, barbeque a pig;
>          If you want to be happy all your life long become a gardener


Nan, the University of Western Australia has an Oak Lawn which contains
a number of Cork Oaks, surrounded by lawn and doing quite OK.

Beverly

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